' ', t ,T 1 - f ffiedger V TBS WEATHER Washington, Feb. 7 Fair today and ircbMy Saturday. MIGHT EXTRA. ClOSINO STOCK PRICES tttienma V TMmatATBMI T KACR HOD hi k u in u 1 1 1 i i 4i r J-4 H 33 It I 35 I 36 I 3 HI I 45 I I ( VOL. V. NO. 125 Fubllihed Daily EireDt Sunday, Pubpcrlotlon rrlee 16 a Tear by Mall. Coprrltht, 1019, by Tubllo idier Company. PHILADELPHIA, FJUDAY, FE0RUARY 7, 1919 Kntcred aa Second-Ctata Matter at tlio Pnntofflc. at Philadelphia. Pa., L'nderthe Act of March 8. 1670. PRICE TWO CENTS M Hies Plan to Impose Sterner Terms on Obstinate Germans; Society of Nations Constitution Covered . One-Half of Draft of IJubltc a- ft Ift C' "$290,000,000 TAX N PURSES HERE IIN1H7R MCW R1I I. -a U1111J11 llUTT UlLiU flriternal Revenue Experts ttf Estimate Philadelphia's V Share in Federal Levy iFIFTY PER CENT BOOST Collector Lcdcrcr Willing to v' Assume All Worry if Fellow- Citizens "Pay Up" . . nl.il. .l-1ufl.t 11nJMa.n1 n- Villi V 111 I -. I'nillKinilllllO. H rUJLittl lU.i Mia amount to approximately 1290,000,000. I wmen is noany uv ,cr "--... ..fev., I. last year's bill. I rt . iAMin(lA ntll nfA .csumuicu uy vajjuw v ... ...... U1I 4lint fa mftklnc til wiuruvviiuu um - avcrago citizen ask how lie can meet "it. M But Fhlladclpuians musi n"i -about such a trifling matter, internal -' Revenue Collector Lcdcrcr, who occu- rdo n. bit- offlco In the Postomco UBulldlnff, at Ninth and Market streets. I Am. a. - 1- tiHilnValArVl tL wants tnai niucu "'""v"".... rt IX-. ''1 "."" .."r.rI..?osk nncT lAtio i fiDiimMion- the now war-rev- I 'wvu" r . . ' . i-i f.llmir Inn-nsu nuc bill woum nueci '?""'"''". . I a.i l..t tn nrnvn his blgncBs or. I? heart ho announced that ho would as- IS sumo tho -worry .or 'H " ' SY"V,,. tr-n i up to m. to do Uj.tJJtln. Vsald Mr. Ledercr, -bo '' ' f good enough to do all the worrying? ... .j j. rrA i. Vilt nf CcnBOla- r ir "..---.. -.- -- Jtlon Cy asscriniK i"" - r . -Ttax bill wouldn't have to bo paid by LlR.lladeIpl.la. It Included the Mils for JSS.l?. .... ...rrminillne counties that l?5re included in the Philadelphia dls- Klr..MiH'. the bulk ot It will bo paid I'W the cltlaens ot Philadelphia. That rJthv will pay nai made certain by the ; collector., for he voluneerea.no .. hnpatlcn that every man. ... - '""- lt XlttU DliPoalllon to Dodie t "t find." he aSded, "that there Is lllt.e . dUpasltloh to avoid theso taxes, but the ?7i. ".i, inrfli Iflnnl mrnntcni . oe a ., - :"-ehTek . Z , errors 'maintains an efficient check .UP system Briefly. It Is up to ccry .;udhldual to aid us In our work. If &they don't and fall to make proper rc- K.., Hum wc will go nucr uitm. Vr "There will be no extra clerks cn iV... .ii nrk. but In order to fa cilitate tho work connected with Income ;.,;ta:l returns we win c.aoi.. u. - vn. few oostofnees. Clerks will bo there to glvo'InformaXlon In rei 3ta returns. Then It Is rcrard to Incomo Is up to tho ln- r 'dividual to mako a payment. Such pay- ,''' . ii i .i rn il small i Mr, ijoaercr Binuvu " " - CanUnued on r Fifteen. Colamn One in INSANE WOMAtf FIRES HQUSE w Police finv Mrs. Nora Sncad rfMeant to Make Pyre of Home VT '-. -v-.n 9hmJ flftv years- old, a .STSlj--V'"' -". .'ii '&;. WUirt k JIJA ...i- innnnrs todav and set her n&a. inn jn nr .luj iwb, .,....- flUCCl. ... ta ... -- .- ., . c.. n . with the intention 01 uum Mt r'"S..i . .ii-atK the nollce say. K' , Mt . . a L.n.lno nrUa Onmlllff frOITl tbiLBnead home rushed In and found the : woman throwing coals from the kitchen 1 atom around the house. Patrolmen Mansburry and Chopllmski, ot the Bel- irade and Clearfield streets station, were r.5.ii..i m nnrT After a struczle finally if-kverpowered. Mrs. Snead and extlnguisn I1. di the fire. She was taken to the Bel- .mA Minn I'lpnriiRifi reeia bluiiuii. hi u 111 be sent to the Philadelphia Hospital. . inonritinr to nelehbors. Mrs. Snead 4peen acting strangely. She Is the ,TZa,, V.r ih lain Tierf-Dr. Robert W - '. )lam Snead, who was also a West Indian. :.rM.m,mMnAno 4iruun r.iREain inu nuuno Police of Fourth Street and Sny der Avenue Station Kept Busy r Tour small fires) all wlthlAthe dltrct oVtrcd by the police of the Fourth street and Bnyder avenue station, were reported r arKhln two hours today. (Hr"r-prftmDt action by Patrolman Smith, In Utuidlng a bucket brigade, prevented ZZrfii.. riamara when fire was discovered I; 1mi tho second-story back room of the Smof Samuel Stein. 2135 South Sev- (Flres were also extinguished wlthput serious damage In the candy store of Morris- Dubm, 1S23 South Sixth street. and In the kitchen of the home of V. vHtlman, 73S5IIoffman street... . . Tho driver of 'On automoBUo truca.oi li JMpwanthaler Brothers, swanson ana ""Welf streets, put out a blare with ex- .miUKUIsners oeiore ino arriva. ot iiramin afKn gasoline set fire to the truck. Ft ricniiin? diiduc catai 'K'i Ufwumimmnotn.nu foodetown, IV. J., Alan Dies in i aTAtrh- Hftamt-nl in I .nTnnitl .,. k uuvpwb .. tj .. -j ... n j .. . tf MUri.o CUODU uy aaHililin iwvitu uti . Ttiteiien r-nc causea tne aeatn vouay 01 "JjTaomas McAdams, forty years old, of i Wocdetown, K. J a few minutes after I -Mng admitted to Copper IIospiui, .juKnraenv A1 tiAAmitu,. who worked for a contract" L Inft'nrm, poured g-asollne on a wood fire F "brlnp It up." The easollne exploded. aattlnM; nro .o j:is cioinins. which virtually was bumed from his body. He .m rushed to the hoxpltal In tho auto- iiV-Tl.il. . Tm T r Ifttrntmn titlf AA a I -mruiia. 1 H "t " . .v n s few. ,mlnute3 after being aamit tea M k WEATHER A LA MODE fkf daui-uith Bprin'a fashions aro 'j nyrwMng ; with tonight and tomorrow loth '-cat7'" " " Am4 ik.l4Jre the vUwr Luxuries" TJiat Will Pay 10 Per Cent. Federal Tax Hero arc somo of tho "luxuries" that will pay li 10 per cent .tax under tho new revenuo bill: Women's hats that.soll for more than JIG: men's hats that sell for more than $5. Stockings priced at moro than $2 a pair; socks selling for moro than-$l a pair. Nightgowns, underwear and pa Jamas selling for moro than 5 a garment. , Petticoats, waists and kimonos priced nt moro than $15 oaclr. Shirts selling for morn than 13 each. Neckties costing more than t eacli. Fancy waistcoats. Umbrellas and parasols priced at moro than $4 each. Pocltetbooks and shopping bags selling for moro than ?7.50 each. Valises and traveling bags cost ing moro than $23 each. Carpets and rugs priced. at moro than $5 a yard. SCHOOL MEDICAL INSPECTORS QUIT ' I ! Ill Call Strike Effective March 1, Saying $600 Salary Inadequate DElVlAND $1000 A YEAR The medical Inspectors of the public schools resigned In a body today the resignation to becoma effective March t because they aro unwilling longer to work for $600 a year. They want 11000. Tho Inspectors hope the Board of Uducatlon will Increase their pay, thereby Inducing them to withdraw tho resignation. Director of Health and Charities Kruscn, under whose direction tho. In spectors workTsald he had asked tho Board of LMucallon to Increase their salaries. He had asked tho Inspectors to delay1 action, pending action by the board, ho said, but slnco they had resigned ho could do nothing but appoint other men In their places on March 1. The Joint resignation wai otcd for a..d Blgncd by forty-four of tho forty- lnspectorl a mccUnc ,n 0nlj- 0lle ioipector Dlaientei thclr Hall. ented v Only tfne Inspector at the meeting dis sented. Klevcn women were among those who resigned. The resignation was sent to Doctor Kruscn as a matter of courtesy, though tho Board of Education pays the ln-1 spectors. Tho ' meeting was called by Dr. Charles Sanderson, president of the board of Inspectors Te Aak Others Not to Take Flaces Dr. Morris Qlnsburg referred to- tpo possibility of their positions being filled and It was agreed to ask the County Health Society to urgo Its members not to accept the positions. ' Dr., J. M. Hanna said he had told Doc tor Krusen of the Intended resignation, and Doctor Kruscn asked that action be delayed. The resignation will be ghen by Dlrec- tbr Krusen to the Board of Education when It meets Tuesday. Dr. J. B. Walker read the bill In troduced In the Legislature to Increase salaries for school employes, and pointed out that the Inspectors wcro not In cluded. , . The resignation points out tnat the In spectors have been getting $600 a year since 1913 though, It declares, the cost of living 'has Increased 70 per cent since then. 2WOMEN.H,URT AS TROLLEY CAR RUNS INTO CURB Vehicle Jumps Tracks Near 12thJ ana uneetnut streets, in juring Passengers Two women aro In the Jefferson Hos pilar suffering from shock and minor Injuries received when a southbound Frankford trolley car Jumped the tracks at Twelfth and Clovcr'streets this morn ing, t The women are: Mrs. Emma CoaUllo. fifty-five years old. of 2 MS North Lawrence street. Mtai Emma, Law, fifty-eight years old. ot 1918 North Camae street. They were taken to tho hospital In a passing automobile, Tho car was going south on Twelfth street at 'moderate speed. When it reached Clover street, a small thorough fare above Chestnut, the front trucka left the tracks, skidded across the Btreet and onto tho pavement, breaking a flre- ?lug and bending an elect rlo light pole. t Is thought an obstruction on the track threw off the front truck. . M. tlerle was the motorman of the ear. and W. H Da v. conductor. There were about fifty passengers on the car at tno time ot the accident- irama on Twelfth street was blocked for about nan an nour. DESTROYER DECATUR ARRIVES Four -Sister Shiris From Overseas on Way Up Delaware uiver, Tho United States destroyer Decatur has arrived from overseas at the PUtla delphla'Navy Yardrand four other, are expected to arrive tonight from, tha nam on jyy Jru. , rtUNHH-. 4W,' Mta OLD ORDER GONE, AVERS EBERT AS ASSEMBLY OPENS Germany Will Be Empire of Justice and Truth, Asserts Chancellor SAYS PEOPLE CAN RULE Earnest Appeal for Unity Made to Wcimnr Parliament Dy the Associated Trcw Weimar, Feb. 0 (dclajed). Tho old , order In Germany has gono bejona me recall and the people now- nro determined to rule themselves, declared Frledrlch Ebcrt, the Chancellor, calling the Na tional Assembly 'to order here this after noon. "We will call on the old German spirit of Weimar." W said. "We will bo an empire of justlco and truth." The Chancellor opened tho proceed ings of the assembly at 3:15 o'clock. He was received with applause as ho ad vanced for the ceremonial. The Chan cellor's speech was an earnest appeal for unity and untiring labor. Ilalla Oerman-Aoitrla Stand Hcrr Ebort said he hailed tho decision of Gorman-Austria to bring about "that national unity of the German race which alono caii afford a guarantee of a flourishing nnd economic life." The assembly, 337 members ot which wcro present, adopted 'the old standing orders of the Reichstag ns temporary rules of procedure. Tho assembly win meet again tomorrow, jvi various par.y ut.. ..v.- ...-.- . . . . ..... I.aI.4 In m. tlclpatlon of tho meeting of tne - of tho meeting of the .a- tlonal Assembly, an attempt was madej(I0 firm would dcclaro a lockout." to Induco tho delegates to udopt by ac-. Qptn 8hop ue,ijon clamajlon what Is stvlcd a "provisions The acllon ot tho mcn i,ing.s on tlio constitution," which Is, In faot, little open and cloBed shop question, according ... ., ..., .mhlvln rules more umn u ' 'ii'"'- ofnrder. m altcmiit act with oppoil.,!"'" WJWU.S5""S tlonjiowever, and II is expected that the . subject of a constitution for the German nation will have to be referred to a ... . .... . .x . .i . o nation will navo lO ue nfiuiw i" ! --- - -,- ,",,,,, ,.,. i commUslon. which will mean that tl.0'"O,tr commiosiou. ..it.i .... . Ian administrative capacll. mis is un- sessions of tho assembly will lfavo to bo suspended pending' tho commission's report. For Provisional Cabinet tho plan now agreed upon Is to name a provisional cabinet of fifteen memebrs .. - (..a. ii,n hti,in.Mu rif.tlin nation ,min ho next' acneral election. Thlsl cabinet, according to present plans, 111 innlndn Count Brockdorff-Jlantzau. the enriirn secretary, as a non-pannla- --"-. . -' ..... , . t .MAMKHa Uni-An Cnila1tata nml raeilWrWIl niviliui;i.kpul,.i uwv.;.-- , pkrtics, from th6 ranks of the Democrat results of tho conference w ere not dls and thc Centrist tho clerical members .closed. ... . ..!..- s,(m iva nnitrrrfiHtrnnrjrrvii uiin .tin n i cuti """; ..- JS.pS.Srtr "nn5UanraieHa,rBr.s,oi: this lifVernoon; and PeLPl P, 1, members of the Demo-1 organisation of the oilier trades nt he cratio caucus, tne corrosponaeni '"" - . a tnforrfled, favored a cabinet mado up lorrnea, !,. . fc--." --- - ,rel' "LSFT "r.,ZZ ?.P1"?" "r.'"""! V in thn coveanment. A delegation of Austrian .caiisin --- "- ,. !. has arrived today ana tooit pan in "-..--. "--,, Socialist "caucus. J ln5n",0,Is' o tho jicrchant Shipbuilding ' .. i,vt, 7cfiv A pvUncon- Company said a statement from them P.& at Sciock this indicate iwi m ,Mou.st...a --- --- continuing guerrilla wanarc in iiic " skirts oi lire raiy.uuu """ "' ";n Birer nor Donald D. .Smith, his as notwlthstandlng tho government '", n?a"frl " prVscnt at the time. Both lentlon that tho uprising was quelled an bse nt bSo of deaths In their n-nj-Kflov. & art ".. : . . . .... ,... -.. iH .i.a mrhnr. m. ol(ln n. nitlmriteri af thirty m.i nml more ,thah 100 wounded, tno HI'S ..".-. . -.....-. - -- - -I iinan iu u""i insnra-ents being tbo heaviest losers. Kli. (hn hnntlrat losers. aa tho communists failed to defend stun. bornly their .strongholds and retreated toward the suburbs-as soon as govern- ment troops began to.advance in earn- "! N-oske-who has charge of I mmtarP affair, in th. Kbert , cabinet, Insurgents Doing iqo ncavieai pv. . . ..-' bance. The employes who live m Property damage i Is , believed to bo slight. , T,8tulr0B,and Philadelphia left the ahlp oa tho communists failed to defend stub. Trenion ,r hQmeJL r.0,.VhTwe?e ab:',U men actual.y engaged on the con- stracted illegally from the arsenal there n,i iiist'rlbuted amonc the.ctvlllana. If the order Is not obeyed within four days, i la announced, the government-will take rBar.d8to0bo1"nUhed roV'an VatS on the. National Assembly atWelmar. London, Feb. 7. (By A. P.) The Central Council of German Soldiers and Workmen, which was put In control of the imperial government In December, with the right to appoint or to dismiss the people's commissaries, ha. written a long letter tn the National Assembly, urging the abolition of all separate State restriction, and the absorption ot the Soldiers end Workmen's Councils In the future Imperial constitution, ac cording to a German radlq dispatch re ceived here last night. MRS. JOHN B. THAYER, SR DIES Heart Troublo Cause of Death. Was Eighty Years Old. Mrs. John B. Thay.er, Sr., died today at her home on Latches lone. Merlon, after an Illness of several months. Heart trouble caused her death. .... Mrs. Thayer was In her eightieth year. She was the widow, of John B. Thai., a laavtr. who died In 1904. ll maMn nnm was Murv Ttandolnh I . I ..v. ,... ...-. .. w -"-. - - 1 Chpman. and sho was the daughter or ueorge VV. v.qapinaii, a iicuimi . the navy. Mrs. Thayer's grandfather was 'Na thaniel Chapman, who wan a. prominent' physician In this city, dolnr able work during the cholera, epldemla of the early nineteenth century. Her son, John B. Thayer, Jr.. lost his life In the rnklngof'th Titanic and hla wife hnd a narrow escape rm ..ih Bh Uvea (n-Brvn Kawr. Xaur anilva.fra. Thayer, Sr, "Ladies and Gentlemen,'" Germans Hear First Time Wcimnr, Tcb. C Del.ijcd) (Dy A- I.) In opening tho German National Assembly hero today, Chancellor Kbcrt addressed tho asscmblago as "ladles and gentle men," This form ot address was neer before heard In a German legisla tive body. SHIPMEN STRIKE UP T0U.S. BOARD ' " Boilermakers at Bristol, Yard Appeal Case to Washington FIGHT OVER FOREMEN Boilermakers who went on strlUo at tho Merchant Shipbuilding Company, Bristol, Pa., today hae appealed their cbbo to the war lalmr board at Wash ington, according to .lulin A. Mellon, business representative ot the union. Union odlclaU say there aro 4000 men out,' nnd that until tho men return work at the plant will bo tied up. The strike wns caused, according to Mellon, Gy the dlsoliargo yesterday of Joseph Clark, a foreman, "for the sole reason that he wore an A. F. of I button." Tho works management, he. nald, was acting under a ruling 'by Rear Admiral Bowles, assistant general manager of the Emergency Fleet Cor poration, to the effect tljat foremen arc administrative olllcers and theicforc cannot belong 16 the Un;on. "Wo had tho matter up with W. T. T.-II .,.- .. I.- ..-.. I... .nl.l 1ITCI1. U1U WUptB MlUllttKVt. ItU DH'Mi dui got no sa.igiacuon. lien 1 iuiu . ,(, strike unless the rui,1K ns changed he declared that ruln ns chafed to Arthur A. nodeera. Inrtlnnauolls, or- lit - . - '..: - .:: ..."... i . i.., n.ry o.Tlau' ' , "Under the ruling by Admiral Bvjwles. . ledgers said, t .o f0"'""",""1'0' 'n I rtAiiii- khIiI. "tho foreman cannot bo' ipacuj. n " - npproved with small modlftcatlons by the n, because joosi of colnml!Jglon on , lt BUrct at ,'wH. "! !"3',. .-.JL .m!1"" ut n,Kht- I'reMdent Wllaoii prc-l fair to tho forcma thrmi imA hern members j ears and have worked themselves up to Ihclr present positions. By dropping out 0f the unions they, would loso all of th. sick and death benefits dohcr features tc which membership entitles them. "Unless the demands or tne men arc. I granted, the strike will In all protmuiiitygmalpr j0ers. The plans dlfTcrcd be cUcnded to other shlpjards In the . giigim y, Delavnre Ulver district. ... -... i....i.,i -. ii.ui. itinn n nimi i Ilodgers headed a delegation which! I - ".- -;--" -,,-H... .a,1bv Tlin I Bltlrifftril IK PTllPCLL'U IU V "',' ," . b, ,,ia tonEllt. The other meetinff to be held tonle.it ... unlon3 nt lht. yar,i arc micking on the Job until their leaders can confer with the bollermak pra' ofTlclals. I iTfti fprs iit'cifli ru iiiiki a ! ltnileers declared that pniinacipi.ia i -"-;- urcll tUo mco of morning, when the men reporieu ior nnrk. .t-nvi . .....,--, .... I Ittl"""01 Thc vvalko'ut was orderly. No speeches nre made, nor was there any sign of ..i . WCro "'- , . v .-m Warded trains for their homes, . varda no. mme Those """.', home. diatelyelrhomes. 'the "W" and the "W. 8." ' plants The former . .S'ttTa latter "SS structlon ot snips. BOY ACCUSED OF HOLD-UPS Three Women Say Youth Bobbed Them on Suburban. Roatls Magistrate Thomas tlield sixteen- ear old 4:ugene Herman, Eighth street near Diamond, for court wlthcut ball today In the Oakmont police station. Three women said Herman robbed them last Miss Ieah Langevln, whb lives on the P. A B. Wldener estate, Ogonts. accused Herman. Sho was attacked and robbed ot her purso Monday on the Old York Mrs. It. W. Breck. Ilcscmont, said Herman attacked her Tuesday nAr the Tlosemont station of the Philadelphia nnl Western Railway and robbed her iof a purse containing 10. A shopping 1 coin In tho purse I. said by tho police to have oeen tounu in nermann pos session, Mlaa mizabeth Bennett, stmlauch (er of James Carstalra, Oakmont. was attacked Wednesday near Ardmore Junction station and her purso stolen. She accuses Herman. PERSISTENT SUITOR HELD Waitress Says Waiter Threatened Her Life Unless Accepted Frank Paulson, WalnUt street near Kleventh, waiter, was held tinder 500 ball for court today by Magistrate Me deary. Central Station. Marls Socheck. a waltrass at the Art Club, testified the man had threatened, to kill her unless she married him. Miss Socheck lives at J369 Almond street Hhe met Paulson. lnAUenton. She asserted .that Paulson became at tentive to h i A "week ago the met the waltw Mf a MUtd her of enter- tauiMMrj WORLD LEAGUE PROGRAM SOON TO BE FINISHED Questions of Greatest Im portance, on Functions Are Decided ELEVEN MORE ARTICLES ADOPTED AT SESSION Win. Allen White mill Prof. Hcrron Named U. S. Dele- I gates to Marmora R ANNEXATION PLOT, Wilson Proposes Plan for Ex-, cputivc Council Small ( Yt t a a i owcrs to 1'arlicipatc , 1 Ity the Associated Press Part. Feb. 7. Substantially one-half I of the draft of the constitution for the i society of nations has been covered by, tho chief conference commission dealing with this question, it was ufllclally an nounced today. In approving a number of additional articles of tho draft tlio conimlRslon reached an accord. It Is slatod, on cer tain questions of the greatest Importance concerning tho positive functions of the - league. 1 lie acceptance of these add! fieinttUyRannoeuncedS pr,n,slon"1' U " of' cicdlt he obtained, and that is the The great progress now being made key to the whole situation. Indicates that tho task may bo com plrted within the next four or five days Insists en Blockade nr -n-cu nncau or tne time rnr the resi dent's return to the fulled states. That issue alio underlies February 15. The members of the com mission emphasise, however, that the agreements reached so far arc pro visional and In principle only. Tho en tire structure may yet have to be re vised when It comes to agreeing on de tails Tills Is tho rearon assigned for tlio rigid secrecy with which the tet of the project Is betng guarded. , V- A. DeUiatea Appointed . i lyilllpnv, Allen.Whlte. of. .Emporia, Kn, HnuV-Prof. George Davis Herroh TT.ZTl nuMiBn f,ctions i.n-vcn inmra oi ino projrri lor mr "f ?a,lo"K v",rf u,b,,uwJ nnd ......... ., ''" rll,' T '" rrojeet for the sided nl the meeting. Tho main discussion last night wan, on the formation of Hie oecullve hranrhj world; but American financial ad nt thn foclety of nations. President vVII-1 ,, , ,.,. ,. Amori,. ulir-ml. on, l.eon Bourgeois, tor ! ranee, and lord llobert Cecil each presented plans on thc reprcHrntatlon to be given to Ciiofflelal Information I that rreI j,, tlNoii's proiional wa for an ever- utlve branch of 111 membera from the greut Toners and four members from the aniall Povierk. making a ronnrll of nine, with a tno-lhlrds vote required for the adoption of mtaturrn. Nins.lt Nations to Share Power Qualifications for membership, which also Is being discussed Involves the menibcrslilp of neutrnls and enemy Pow. ers as well as the great and wnaii pow-, crs. Tho presence at the meeting .last night oMhe nine representatives of the. small Powers with the ten 'of the large Powers was taken to mean that tho ex- ...!.... l.-n..1. f .1,. lunoMln aa An.ll,' formed wllllnclude both the great ami email nations, Instead of leaving the ex ecutive direction exclusively in thc hands of the great Pow err. The only article not approved was the paragraph concerning abolition of compulsory military icrvlce. unless re quired by reasons of 'national defense under cxtraqrdlnnry circumstances. Premier Orlando of Italy oprosed thc paragraph, remarking that If conscrip tion once were nbollshed an attempt to rev(ve It'mlght lead to serious" trouble, even a revolution. Lon Bourgeois Joined premier or- h lando ln strongly opposing the abolition of conscription. lie declared that France, owing to her geographical posi tion, needs a standing army and could never consent to strip herself of her de fenses. The paragraph was then can celed and It was decided to leave to each country freedom to select a sjsteni ot recruiting ltd forces up to the amount of troops which will be fixed later by the society of nations. Relay Action on Corrrlon Another article which ceiihed ani mated discussion was that concerning the method of applying military coercion to the countries refusing to comply with tho decision ot thc society of nations or breaking 'its rules. Onlng to tho very conflicting views expressed, the commission decided to postpone a definite decision until another meeting. The new delegates from tho small countries present at tho commission i meeting last night were Promlcr'Vcnl- idoa. representing Greecor Premier j Kr.imar2. f for Cecho-SIo altla ; M Dmovvflkt for Poland, and Premier Hru- I oier. was arrived nt concern-nt; the s representation of tho small countries In the executive council of the society of nations. l'rraldent Wilson is Dress ng forward b.r'nlL ".Zr.y T'-'S.fW Is Victim When Gus in Un - ior mo Buy1-1. " iMkiiw ot-.oiwtjo .,.,,.. last until midnight. Captain Andro,' Tardlcu, member of the commission that the program wll be ready Borne time next vreek: Appoints Central Secretariat The commission ha. appointed a gen. eral secretariat, consisting ot M. Cusel, Iird Rustaca Percy, of the British For eign Office, and Air. 6hepherdson. The SupremoiCounc.ll rsterday heard the claim, of King Hedjuz, ot Arabia, speaking through his son. Prince Felsal. The Prince maintained that Arabia; In cluding Syria aad Mesopotamia, had a non-Alsthto jBopitfivtloir of 1 1 tha.) l'por ALLIES BELIEVE U. S. SHOULD GIVE CREDIT TO RESTORE EUROPE, c c....u Meets to Deal With American Advisers Dissent Problem Is I Key to Reparation Question Upon Wliicli ! Commission Has Begun Work EVEN PEACE WAITS ON SOLUTION; WORLD CONDITIONS CHAOTIC By CLINTON W. GlLItEItT - Muff Correftpomlrnt ot tli Ktenlnr Public l.edarr M llli ttif I'earr Hr legation In liuropp By Special Cable Copurlohl. WW. by Public J.ctlocr Company Pari, Feb. 7. The commission on reparation has begun its work. Its problem of detcrmininj; how much damage Germany did, how much t.hc .1..11 .,.. (.,.. tu nn,.n,ont ..ii be made nnd what guninntcus shall be required, is one of the most fun damental of the Peace Conference. Tho territorial claims of France, for instance, and her attitude on many questions, aro bound up in the1 iquootion of financial icparation. Part of that question is where shall the Frcncli insistence on maintaining the blockade against Germany until Germany accepts the decision of the Peace Conference. It underlies as well the question, of the exclusion of foreign product's from France and England's position on this it the snmo as Fiance's. The determination of reputation must prcc'cdc ths, social problem so lution hero, abo, for employment -.--, , . . cannot be Klven to the coili Wlt.l . , tiAi out credit. The Al icd should fumis Allies believe Anier- h credit because America is tho richest nation in the V lOU. a U. IJ-- tliUV as... M-. -..-. has extended its loans sufTicieiUlj without 'attempting to finance thc restointion of French, Italian ami English industries, feed central Eu rope and cancel part of thc Ameri can war loans to tno Allies. Uiggist Problem of All Tho question of ciedit is the! biggest pi oblcm Europe faces, which , t, it dominates every- Is l,,L "-",u" thing in the Peace Conference. It is . ih h pt ., 0r tlc minds of ln tn0 bacK "aU 0l , ' " b European statesmen in every step ... rontpmnl,.te. lllCV COn ICIll IM1VH-. ! If the answer to tho cicuit ques tion could be obtained, the situation heie would clear quickly and the blockade against Germany cannot end until the credit question and the payment of icparation, which is AMICABLE ADJUSTMENT OF ADRIATIC CLAIMS 'NEAR PARIS, Feb. 7. As the result of dliect exchanj-es between Premier Orlando ot Italy nnd Fiemlrr Protitch of Jugo-Slavia, H was stated ftoday that the differences between tho two countries lugnrdlng the bouudatles, of their icsnectlve tei-ritories, which have been au acute pioblem, probably soon will be adjusjed amicably. 'WEIMAR ASSEMBLY ASKED TO SAFEGUARD PRESS BERLIN, Feb. 7. The Berlin Press Club has adopted a resolution to be picteuted to the National Assembly nt Weimar in which It protests shnrrily agnlnst the seizm e of newspaper plants throughout Geiuinny by the Spartacaiis. The resolution calls on the assembly to authorize cftcctivc lAeastues for U'e Kuardlug: the libeity of the press, the men iu Its employ nnd thu physical property. ' ' BRITISH SHIP SUNK BY MINE OFF THAMES t iONUON, Feb, 7. The BrltlbU mlnu bweepev F.rin'b Ialo btruck a mine Uihi mdrning near the mouth of thu Thames Klvcr aud tauk. Tvcuty-eij;ht survivors huvo been lauded. CHILD AND WOMAN BURNED -- - eriinif-il House Exnlodcs Two vlctlms'of burning accidents, one a woman and the other a child, arc. In hoaXais today in a.aerloua condition Ilose i:la, of 19:0 South NlgMccntll street, went Into a vacant building on a house-hunting: venture. Hhe Btruck rt match, and there vvaa an explosion. In vestigation showed the last tenant had left the gaa turned on, Hninia Fisher, six years old ".SOS Wilder Itreet, while playing In the honiq of MargaretgO,'Brlen. Mfi South Tvven ty.thlrd street, vyas badly Injured when tier cioi1' ww lamti-u i a credit matter, are answered. Thus America's) position is that she cannot sell food or raw mate rials in Gcmiany to any coitbidcr- ahlc extent because what the Allies regard as their assets in Germany would pass in the transaction into American hands. The same ob stacle underlies the Ford car faitua .!.,, tu Mm,mi,ns io nn. willint' to let trade operate freely amj (cteiniinc in a normal way the flow of ci edit, but mean to borrow, in their own way, if possible, for their own purpose on such favorable terms as muy lie, fiom the Ameri can Government. Peace Waits on Cridit industry waits, employment So waits, business resumption waits, and in a sense peace itself waits on the answer to the question of vvheic credit may bo secured The gorerrments have n hold now on industry nnd commerce that they obtained in the war when they abol ished thc operation of supply and demand and, though they have re leased that control paitly, they don't know how to let .. ..l.-n.. ' go WI101IJ. essentially n credit Many persons in authority here feeU;Mur!l,1-l on Hindeuburg to establish that they must let go before healthy conditions of trade can ,bc restored. On thc other hand, many hold that no answer to the credit question is possible until a shock of some kind brings prices back to normal. To icturn pi ices to noimal, how- ever, with government control of one wr rstcrii nald: kind or another, presents a consid- "The londlilon.s of tho armlstico have it i . i ti. .,i. ,"'r" of unheard-of severlly and were trable obstacle. - The governments riirrU, ou, m,oul frlmlI1P We warn thus arc in thc position of seeking our whereases not to push us loo far. . .i. ...n.i.i u.V ,t o nr.imul ' "Uke General Wlnlerfeldl (who re to get the world back to1 a noimal, gned ffom tho arm,tce culnm,alllon) basis and at thc same time standing tim whole German Government might ... .i, ,..,, also eventually he forced to renounc in n.v. ....j. "Can't." General Answer Thc answer to too many questions ,. ..... Ti,n.. ,..,' vlnrt ,.nm.' ls tnii u iittj v.. - -... niei'ce going, can't end the, blockade, can'uborrow, can't lend, can't end ' thc mcchnnism for the control of : Continued on IMe MmMrTn7 tohn"n7i .-Tv ( I WOMAN KILLED BY AUTO .Dmer Flees After Fatal Accident at 3ToorcstovVn Moorcntown. N. t., Veh. 1, '- "orner. m.y-nine ,c.rs .-. Mn" the iwstolllce at Mooreirtown, died early today from Injuries received In nn automobile accident last night. Mian Horner wan crossing tho Btreet when an automobile driven by a young mn-4 ran her. down. Tho man helped tho Injured woman to the pavement, said he was going for a doctor and drove away. Tlw driver did not return and the police are? searching for tho owner ot Mlaa 'ilorncr has been In Uie Postal ..rvii nor. than thirty year. Before EBERT THREAT OF BREAK TO" BRING REPLY Enemy Recriminations ARMISTICE EXTENSION CONDITIONS STRICTER, French Demand Occupancy of Eoscn to Control Hostile War Factories SHIPS STILL DUE ALLIES Demand Proposed That Hin- dcuburg Halt Campaign s Against Poland Ity the Associated Press Pari,, Feb. T. Tho Allied Premier, who villi meet this afternoon at th Supreme Interallied War Council, prob ubly will fix new terms to bo (Imposed upon Germany, whoso tactics of obstruc tion and recrimination are said to hav reached a climax In a threat made at Weimar by Chancellor Hbert that Ger many would hrak on" negotiations with the Allies. ' The feeling In Peaci- Conference clr otea la that the Germans are more and more forgetting their position, and It la expected that the Supremo War Council will take measures to bring them to a tense of the realities. To Ilenrw ArmNtlce lbrharj- IJ Marshal Pocli will go to Treves Feb ruary 17 to fix thc conJltlonH for a' third ruary 17 to fix thc conditions for a third cusslon of thc conditions to be Imposed probably will take up most of the time of the Supreme War Council ''session today. It Is understood that the council will llx a brief time within which the Ger mans, must carry out tho conditions they have only fulfilled In part. In this re spect lt Is noted that none of the Ger man merchant chips which were-to hava I-ecu sent to certain Allied ports haa yet been handed over. .Mj- Orrupj V.ntrn French opinion considers that Iho 00 cupatlon of IHin Is of first necessity if tho Allies are to control Germany'a principal war factories, l'uhll nnlnlnn In I.-....,... ... I ,., ,- .. r. ' - moil is u-skijis ir mo supreme wHP r-ouncll la colnc in allow FIU " " niuirmrrK uiu prepare a cam paign against Poland, which can only 111KII ilKHMIKI i-oinnii, WI1IC be supplld through Danzig. The Supienif War Council also wljt fix the sire of tho contingents of France. Crtnt Billnln. the United .States and Alllml , ..itlit.it, l.t ltrt n-H.I. .. ...... thm, both in i:uro'- and Asia. llaael, SVrltifrtanil, Feb. 7,By A. IJ ) C'hi.ni-cllor Khert. In bis addrcta Jlo. til.. I jit.ti..t K'.tl. .....I 4. ..? U.. ... .B-. from r-nlluhnnil nir In the peace pour. parlors and throw upon our adversaries all the weight ot responsibility for the new world organization. "Confident In thc promises of Presl- dent Wilson. Germany laid down her arms ami now wc await the peact ;f'd.ent wllbo" l0 h,c w0 "a peace of c a ! - DIES, 2 HURT IN AUTO CRASH Car Tunis Turtle on Itoad Lead ing to York, Pa. lorU. Pa.. Feb. t. Mra. J. W. Tomp- kins, aced flftv enrs. Fawn Grove, wak i lnstantlv- killed. It. S. Neal. aged thirty veam, SteiarlHtown, suffered t frac turtd akull. and Mrs. Neal was slightly I Injured today u hen an automobile turned turtle on the Chanceford turn pike, leading Into this city. MOSCOW SHOPS SEIZED ".Municipalized" Without Com pensation to Owners M a.hlnston, Feb. 7. Onorflclal dispatched reaching tho State Depart- nient today Bay virtually all stores ln I Moscow have been "municipalized," as a rule without any compensation to the 1 ow ncrs. I Thc mortality rate In Moscow Is Bald , to be very high, with typhus, grip ana I erywlpelas especially prevalent and o'Cr. crowding the hospitals. Dreamer and Worker (ft ,1 luiuf due or trill 10 tnto a factory, develop the poicer, eUw tunte Knatc. cut rfotcit. cxprmrj, oiut inaxe 1ic sfrfe lulne terlt. fll The greatest factory in the urW, " "tic ftuluoil train, It.'iiMly. tf. rases out ot a hundred it buafl .i.M la uiltfiiioiKiocff. ffloA-oouierevf t Vircullt'es oi'c doing Idboriuo jobs: time M Icing tcasted; amlltu I ts en' the dump i oxlrut'aponce' '( even-' where, and thc manacrmcnl uondero iehv the business does not thrive. th vr. Utuiell If. CoiiwrJI is a bratnV J fau.i(na doctor. . foilo aro A' rrcoonterd the fact that tha world1 was not gettinp the be( out of If numerous lactones, lie saw mat, everv human machine had ability (ej run under Us oujn steam, but flat ftt ucedrd airenion. i .rcsoiveu. isar as muni Aumon factories as p6s'slble. should b given a cAonce 'tn put their, olants on. a good tcarfclnu 6al TAot's Aow Ttmnie university cams fo be started. Tho story of thU in stitution Is I old by the 'ma dreamed. It fli'd. infl.de t, oont .Th wrtW begins, on, tfemUk t v ' ' ' I e5 iS M ' 3 & rr i" 3 JSr, --a m T& ?. Si . iTi ni S-rE a ".8 fl -1 l.i 'ii ,m i ! - -Hi JJ- f It ' 1 'THiVllalHBWtMKaiiwW ' wm &, .to tMatiM. Afratytfeerf QMaU. 1LBM, HJHWr ' o it tMilf " . MMmMmWm9. . IIHJ ilii I III I II M
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